United States History

This page contains brief annotation of web sites related to American History. Each site's url is provided for copying/pasting. Click on the button to take you to that site in a separate window.

Abraham Lincoln Online contains artifacts, documents, speeches, quotations, images, and more about his presidency. It also has information about sites associated with Lincoln as well as museums and libraries, books, classroom resources about him and others associated with our 16th President. http://abrahamlincolnonline.org/

Constitution Society http://constitution.org/The Constitution Society is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide research and educational material on the U. S. Constitution and related documents and issues. The organization engages in publishing and litigation regarding issues related to limiting the role of government to that provided in the Constitution. It contains documents, videos, and articles on the protection of our freedoms and civil liberties.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryThis site's primary feature is what it calls "History by Era." Based on the system used by the Library of Congress, each of the 10 eras is divided into sub-eras and include an introduction to that era, essays, timelines, primary resources, videos, images and lesson plans. The Institute added an eleventh "era," which it calls themes. This allows the user to track a specific topic, such as migration or literature, across time through the eras. You'll want to check out this site.https://www.gilderlehrman.org/

The History Channel is a good place to start when looking for some basic information about well-known people and events. Check out: Topics, This Day in History, News, Ask, Lists, Blog, and Speeches and Audio. The site has lots of other things, like promos for its television programs, that sometimes get in the way of its original purpose. http://history.com/

The National Archives is a web site of the federal government. It contains massive numbers of historic documents, photographs, and military, census, land, and immigration records. The site has links to other pages of particular interest to history students, some of which are listed separately on this page. http://www.archives.gov/